Improvement in stove-fasteners



ing had to the ac conipanying JAMES Ao.'"BUImIN, or LADoeA, yINDIANA.

team Pam N0.1os,1o 5, dass october 11, 1870.

" iMPRovEMl-:N'r 41N sTovE-FA'sTENERs.

` #die Schedule referred to `in these Letters VSFr-:tent and making part of tile same .t `To all whoml tt may concern; t

Be it known Lthat I, JAMES G. BUnDlN, ot-Lado'- ga, in vthe county of Montgomery and State ofInd- 1 ana, have invented anew` and improved Stove- Fastener; and I do hereby. declarethefollowing turbe aIfull, clear, and exact description of the-same, reference bedrawing niakin'g a part of this-specification, in 4which`- l l AFigure 1 is a sideview of a stove-lastener, fastened by any method, a portion ofthe wall having been broken a\vay,`t o reveal the' fastening;

" Figure 2 is aplan of the iasteningplate before it"` is bent; v Figure 3 is a sectiolial view of the `same plate when `bent and ready for use and Figured'isa perspective view vofthe same. The object of the in ventiollisto reduce the cost and simplify the construction of sheet-metal stoves,

and prevent the necessity of furnishingfthem with `new lastening-rods everyiewyears. 1 "This object is accomplished by attaching to the walls'of the stove, ncaritsupper ,and lower ends, a fastening-plate,- of` peculiar `construetion,.and connecting said fasteningplate to thev flange that ordinarily holdsthe fastening-,rod `byineansof-a short screw,

thereby dispensing al'togi-ither.with l the use of the rod.

The `invention consistsin the peculiar construction I of the plateand its combination with the stove, as I will now proceedmore particularly to describe,

` In the drawing-` 1 l S is the-stove, t beingthe top-plate, b ,the bottom plate,` and 'ig'.thetside wall.

A is my improved fastening-plate, which is com- "posed of a rectangular piece t ot' sheet metal, about three inchesin length by two in width, witlrthe corners on oucside bevjeledo", as seen at c c, and hav` ing two slits,`"e.c, cut into the opposite side, extending about half way through the plate.

The plate'thus formed will-'consist of three'one inch squares, in mmz, on' one side, one whole square, m, at the middle of theopposite side,and .two halfsquares, a n', at `the ends of the 'latter side, each of` tei. v 1 u Thus formed, `theplateis bent into shape for use,

the wholesquares having a rivet-hole through its een#` u asseen in figs. 3 and 4,'by firstI turning the square m1 over upon the square m, then bending the side pieces ma and m2 'n' to a vertical position along the lines o o', and then turning the squares mmf 1n against -the b cnt edge of the squares Vml m3, one overlapping' The ilstening-plate, being thus constructed and bent to the form shown in tig. 4, is screwed or riveted to the side wall'of the stove by a rivet, passing through the l1o1e o,the double part 'm m2 being up' ward when employed to fasten the top'and side plates,

`and downward when employed to conncctthe bottom and side plates. lhe flanges on the top plate, through which the fastening-rods ordinarily pass, are-'to rest on the flat snrfaec'm m2, and to be iirmlyattached thereto by screws or rivets, and similar screws are to ,pass through the lower asteningsand the bottom plate-L rlheold-fashioned rods will thus be dispensed with.

The advantages of this method of fastening are numerous and decided. Besides securing cheapness, lightness, and simplicity ot construction, the absence ot' the rods obvia-tes the inconvenience and expense of replacing them every two or three years. lThe sheet-metal lining around the. fire-box can also he re placed-much more readily than in the old-fashioned stoves, it being'only necessary tofbeljd back the :flanges of the fastening-plate, out of the way of the lining when Iintroducing the latter, and, when the lining is in, bending the plate up intoshape again as before, without detaching it from the sidewalls of the stove'. 1

Having thus described my, invention,

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The fastening-plate A, constructed substantial] y as and for the purpose specified.

2. Tnecombination of said fastening-plate A with. the walls, top plate, and bottom plate of a 'sheetnetal stove, `substantially as described.

i JAMES C. BURDIN.

Witnesses GERenW.

' 'Joan Rinoa MILLER. 

